Two-wheeled vehicle



(No Model.)

J. 0. BLOGHER'.

TWO WHEELED VEHICLE.

No. 299,105; Patented May 27-, 1884.

PATENT tries.

JOHN G. BLOOHER, OF LIMA, OHIO.

TWO- WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,105, dated May 27,1884.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. BLOOI-IER; a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lima, in the county ofAllen and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Road-Cart, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in the twowheeled road-carts forpleasure-vehicles now in use, and is designed to overcome theuncomfortable jolting and pitching of the vehicles, and to render themmore durable by taking off the strain which attends those where the boxand shafts are rigidly attached to each other or to the axle.

Figure 1 is a side view of my invention; Fig. 2, a front View; Fig. 3, aside view of the shaft and equilibrio hanger; Fig. 4, a front view of,the hangers, showing the oscillation in dotted lines, and also thevertical adjustment of the hanger to raise or lower the seat, the clipbeing longer than in Figs. 1 and 2.

a is the buggy-body; b, the shaft; 0, the hanger which suspends thespring and body from'the shaft; d, the spring on which the rear of. thebody rests e, the front spring, (ellipticah) to the bottom of which thefront of the body is attached by plate f, pivoted at point f; g, clipconnecting spring (1 with hanger c,- h, hook on end of clip to hold samein position in the holes in hanger 0; t, the holes in hanger c, in whichthe hook h fits; a, cross-bar connecting the shafts; o, staple or ringin which the hanger c swings.

The body of the cart rests near the center upon spring d, which is swungfrom the shafts b by the hangers c, which are free to oscillate in thestaples 0. The front of the body is supportedor hung from spring 6 bypivot f in plate f, and has a circular reciprocating movement around thepivot. It will thus be seen 0 that by the free suspension of the rear ofthe body, with the circular movement on the pivot of the front, thejolting or pitching incident to the sudden raising or lowering of eitherof the wheels is taken up or counteracted by the lateral play of therear of the seat, while the back-andforth swinging jogging motionincident to the body where it is simply hung in suspension is preventedby the attachment of the front of the buggy to u the spring 6 by pivotj", which prevents the forward movement, but allows it to swing sidewiseto take up the shock when one of the wheels runs over an obstruction ordrops in a rut.

My straps or hangers 0 have a series of holes, 2', in which the olipsgare hung, so that the elevation of the rear of the seat can be adjustedto suit the party using the same.

What I claim is 1. The body of a road-cart swung freely from the shaftsby straps or hangers c, and pivoted ona vertical pivot at point f, asand for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the body of a roadcart pivoted on a verticalpivot at the front to the spring 6, of hangers 0, clips 9, and spring d,as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a road-cart pivoted on a vertical pivot at itsfront to the spring f, of the vertically-adjustable hangers c and springd, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN C. BLOOHER.

Attest:

O. F. KELLER, F. KELLOGG.

